Your friends at APAPA wish you the best of the holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

The US Congress passed House Resolution 683, authored by Congresswoman Judy Chu, expressing regret for the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and other similar laws. Here's the Youtube video of Judy Chu in session speaking to HR 683. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vwd2YIS9wA

Full coverage of the House proceedings on H. Res. 683 can be found at http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/3342436

This was a strong grass roots effort by many, including CC Yin, Ching-Lin Chen, and many others at APAPA and in the API Community.

We had a fantastic Capitol Internship, Scholarship Fundraising, and Intallation Gala last night at the Sacramento Sheraton Grand Hotel! Event photos are here. Thanks to a great team of volunteers and the leadership of CC Yin, Amy Tong, and Lucy Oback. Lucy sent the following message to her team to thank them for their efforts:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucy Oback" <lucyoback@apapa.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 12:01:34 AM
Subject: Congratulations!

Congratulations to all of  you for a successful event! I received compliments from many of our guests this evening. I want to thank all of you for working together and making this evening a memorable one for our 2012 scholarship recipients and interns, corporate sponsors, elected officials and community.

Many thanks to the following:

• Amy who coordinated the program timeline and making sure that the evening flowed seamlessly. And through her tireless efforts, challenged the Outreach team to meet the goal of 40 tables.
• Outreach Team for taking on Amy’s challenge of 40 tables and exceeding it. Great job!
• For Henry and fundraising team for getting the raffle prizes and encouraging the next generation of young people to get involved in community service. We raised over $1,300. Awesome job!
• For our photographers John, Danny and Bill who use their talents to capture the moment.
• For Duper who helped the vendor with the stage design.
• Sokie and the many volunteers who helped in the office in preparation for this event into the late hour.
• And most of all, the many new volunteers who came out this evening to help out including our spouses and children. It’s definitely a family affair.

I am blessed to have such a wonderful team who is passionate in serving the community. And most importantly, to CC and Regina for their guidance and support.

Please forward this email to those who help in anyway with this event. I want to thank you them but do not have their email addresses.

Lucy

The 2012 Capitol Internship & Scholarship Awards Banquet is in Sacramento on June 2, 2012. See the event flyer for details. Please note that the application deadline has passed for the 2012-13 school year, but please come back and apply next year!

APAPA's Southern California Region (APAPA-SCR) is awarding a number of internships and college scholarships. Current college students are eligible and encouraged to apply for this internship / scholarship opportunity. The applicaiton deadline is May 28, 2012.

APAPA's Central Valley Region (APAPA-CVR) is sponsoring it's 5th Annual Stockton Civic Town Hall Forum on Saturday May 19, 2012.  Featured guest speakers incude BOE Member Betty Yee and Andrew T. Kim.

The upcoming 2012 Civic Engagement & Public Policy Forum is an important civic event sponsored by APAPA's San Diego Chapter. The San Diego Chapter is a member of APAPA's Southern California Region (APAPA-SCR). The event is on May 19, 2012, at Barnard Elementary School in San Diego. Please check the flyer for more information.

This year, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month Celebration will be sponbsored by our Bay Area Region (APAPA-BAR) on Thursday May 24 at San Francisco City Hall. This is one of APAPA's signature events. Please see the event flyer for more details.

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